{"id":28265,"date":"2019-02-16T17:25:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T11:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=28265"},"modified":"2019-02-16T17:25:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T11:55:42","slug":"fake-news-priyanka-gandhi-met-pak-army-chief-in-dubai-in-february-before-pulwama-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-news-priyanka-gandhi-met-pak-army-chief-in-dubai-in-february-before-pulwama-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake news: Priyanka Gandhi met Pak army chief in Dubai in February before Pulwama attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, a viral message on social media claims that Priyanka Gandhi met Pakistani army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa in Dubai on February 7. The message ends with the statement &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;Gaurav Pradhan had warned us.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>From a Facebook group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1257946230946392\/permalink\/2893932937347705\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Narendra Damodar Modi Supporter<\/a>, the message received 1,100 shares.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28274 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pic-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pic-1.png 706w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pic-1-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pic-1-260x210.png 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is viral on both Facebook and Twitter with the Hindi text &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u092a\u092a\u094d\u092a\u0942 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0907\u0915\u094b \u092c\u0939\u0928 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u0902\u0915\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0941\u092c\u0908 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u093e\u0915 \u0906\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0940 \u091a\u0940\u092b \u092c\u093e\u091c\u0935\u093e \u0938\u0947 7 \u092b\u093c\u0930\u0935\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0915\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0925\u0940\u0964 \u0917\u094c\u0930\u0935 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u0947 \u0938\u091a\u0947\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e\u0964 (Pappu&#8217;s psycho sister Priyanka met Pak army chief Bajwa on February 7 in Dubai. Gaurav Pradhan had warned us. )&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28278 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/viral.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/viral.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/viral-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/viral-768x402.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/viral-1024x536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/viral-990x518.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>The &#8220;Gaurav Pradhan&#8221; reference<\/h2>\n<p>The messages hint at a February 7 tweet put out by Twitter user\u00a0<em>@DrGPradhan\u00a0<\/em>where he alleged that Pakistan&#8217;s Rawalpindi was planning some &#8220;misadventure&#8221; on the Indian side of the Line of Control. He further suggested that the conspiracy was in close coordination between &#8220;bottle&#8221; and &#8220;Nomi&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">High Alert INPUT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PMOIndia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pindi wants to do some misadventure on our side of LOC<br \/>\nThis is in close coordination with instructions given by bottle to Nomi When she was in Dubai<\/p>\n<p>To scale down <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> on URI<\/p>\n<p>Some action by BAT or men in uniform<br \/>\nRetaliation before <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LS2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LS2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #GauravPradhan \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@DrGPradhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrGPradhan\/status\/1093564056689168384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pradhan has made <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrGPradhan\/status\/999553395613687808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier references<\/a> to &#8220;Nomi&#8221;, who he claims is the right-hand man of the chief of Pakistan&#8217;s Inter-Services Intelligence. The word &#8220;bottle&#8221; might be a reference to Priyanka Gandhi as claimed by an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merinews.com\/article\/pulwama-terrorist-attack-countdown-for-decisive-action-against-pakistan-has-begun\/15933967.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> shared by Pradhan himself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28290 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pradhan-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pradhan-2.png 542w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pradhan-2-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The authenticity of Pradhan&#8217;s claims remain questionable as there is no mention of any Nomi or that he is connected to Priyanka Gandhi in the media.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Priyanka Gandhi was in Delhi on February 7 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The viral messages claiming that Priyanka Gandhi met with Pak army chief in Dubai on February 7 do not stand up to the scrutiny of facts. The Congress leader\u00a0was appointed as AICC general secretary in-charge of the party&#8217;s affairs in Uttar Pradesh East on February 6. Gandhi attended her first official meeting in Delhi on February 7 to discuss Lok Sabha poll strategy. The meeting was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/nation\/2019\/feb\/07\/priyanka-gandhi-attends-her-first-official-meeting-discusses-lok-sabha-polls-strategy-with-brother-1935770.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> across mainstream media channels.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28292 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/indian-express.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/indian-express.png 645w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/indian-express-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the Pulwama attack where at least 40 Indian jawans were martyred, misinformation targeting Congress has witnessed a surge. Alt News had earlier reported how a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/priyanka-gandhi-laughing-after-terror-attack-cropped-video-used-to-paint-a-false-narrative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clipped video of Priyanka Gandhi<\/a> was viral on social media claiming that the Congress leader was laughing after the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, a viral message on social media claims that Priyanka Gandhi met Pakistani army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa in Dubai on February 7. The message ends with the statement &#8211;\u00a0&#8220;Gaurav Pradhan had warned us.&#8221;\u00a0From a Facebook group Narendra Damodar Modi Supporter, the message received 1,100 shares. 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